Ben Healy profile: All you need to know about Ireland's latest cycling history maker

Healy became the fourth Irishman to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France on Monday.

HISTORY MAKER: New overall leader Ireland's Ben Healy celebrates on the podium after the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 165.3 kilometers. Pic: AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy.

Ben Healy made history on Monday as he became the first Irishman in 38 years to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France.

The only three other Irishmen to hold yellow are Stephen Roche – the most recent Irish cyclist to achieve the feat back in 1987 - Shay Elliot (1963) and Sean Kelly (1983), with the latter summing up the enormity of Healy’s achievement when speaking to TNT Sports.